ORAP 16.05

For purposes of this chapter:

(1) "Document" means a brief, petition, notice, motion, response, application,

affidavit or declaration, or any other writing that, by law, may be filed with an appellate court,

including any exhibit or attachment referred to in that writing

(2) "Electronic filing" or "eFiling" means the process whereby a user of the eFiling

system transmits a document directly from a computer to the eFiling system, to file that

document with an appellate court.

(3) "Electronic filing system" or "eFiling system" means the system provided by the

Oregon Judicial Department for a party or participant to electronically submit a document for

filing in the appellate courts via the internet. The system may be accessed through the Judicial

Department's website.[fn 1]

(4) An "eFiler" means a person registered with the eFiling system who submits a

document for electronic filing with the appellate court.

(5) "Electronic service" or "eService" means the process for a user of the eFiling

system to accomplish service via the electronic mail function of that system.

(6) "Hyperlink" means a navigational link in the electronic version of a document to

another section of the same document or to another electronic document accessible via the

internet.

(7) "Initiating document" means any document that initiates a case, including but not

limited to a notice of appeal; a petition for review;[fn 2] a petition for judicial review; a petition for a

writ of mandamus, habeas corpus or quo warranto; and a recommendation for discipline from

the Oregon State Bar or the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability.

(8) "PDF" means Portable Document Format, an electronic file format.

(9) "Username" means the identifying term assigned to an eFiler by the court, used to

access the appellate court eFiling system.